Genus Vol. 22(3): 511-521 Wrocław, 30 XI 2011 New taxa of pronophiline butterflies of the genusLymanopoda WESTWOOD from central Peru (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) TOMASZ W. PYRCZ1 & PIERRE BOYER2 1Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 6, 30-060 Kraków, Poland, e-mail: [email protected] 2no 7, Lotissement l’Horizon, 13610 Le Puy Sainte Réparade, France, [email protected] ABSTRACT. Two new species, Lymanopoda hockingiana n. sp. and L. mariposa n. sp., and one new subspecies, L. rana marrana n. ssp. are described from central Peru. Key words: entomology, taxonomy, Lepidoptera, Pronophilina, Andes, cloud forest, male genitalia. INTRODUCTION The genus Lymanopoda WESTWOOD is an entirely montane representative of the neotropical tribe Pronophilini (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) (MILLER 1968), considered by some authors as the subtribe Pronophilina (LAMAS et al. 2004, VILORIA 2007). The genus was the subject of a number of articles recently. The number of known species nearly doubled over the last decade (PYRCZ et al. 1999, PYRCZ 2005; PYRCZ & RODRIGUEZ 2006, 2007; PYRCZ & VILORIA 2007). There are currently 65 recognized, described and undescribed species (LAMAS et al. 2004, PYRCZ 2010). They are found within the entire altitudinal range of cloud forests, from 800 – 3200 m, and some even successfully co- lonized the páramo above timberline. The species reported at the highest elevations, at around 4000 m, are L. huilana WEYMER and L. mirabilis STAUDINGER in Colombia (ADAMS 1986), L. inde PYRCZ and L. ingasayana PYRCZ in Peru (PYRCZ 2004). Only two species are found in Central America. All others occur in the tropical Andes and their peripheral ranges of northern Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta) and Venezuela (Cordillera de la Costa, Turimiquire) (ADAMS & BERNARD 1977, VILORIA et al. 2010). Until now, 512 tomasz W. PyRCZ, PIeRRe bOyeR none was found in other South American mountain, such as the Guyana Shield or the brazilian Serra do Mar. Currently, 12 species are reported in Venezuela (VILORIA et al. 2010), 16 in Colombia (PYRCZ & RODRIGUEZ 2007), 16 in ecuador (PYRCZ, in prep.), 14 in bolivia (GARECA et al. 2008), and 22 in Peru (PYRCZ & BOYER 2010). The highest local diversity of the genus Lymanopoda was reported from central Peruvian Andes (Oxapampa) where 14 sympatric and parapatric species occur along a potential elevational transect (PYRCZ & BOYER 2010). One of them, until now un- described, is the subject of this paper. Central Peru is also an area of endemism. Two species and two subspecies are known from the Oxapampa area in Pasco only (PYRCZ & BOYER 2010). More endemic Lymanopoda were discovered in the neighbouring Junín department in the upper valley of Río Mantaro (PYRCZ & BOYER, op. cit.). Two of them are described in this paper. MATeRIAL AND MeTHODS Collecting was carried out with entomological nets and Van-Someren Rydon baited traps. Type and comparative material was examined in bMNH, MZUJ and in other major european public and private collections. Male genitalia were dissected according to standard procedures by soaking in a warm 10% KOH solution, preserved in glycerol, and examined, alongside other morphological microstructures, under an Olympus SZX9 stereomicroscope. Adults were photographed with an Olympus e-500 digital camera, and colour plates were composed using Adobe PhotoShop7.0. The fol- lowing abbreviations and collection acronyms were used: bMNH: Natural History Museum (formerly british Museum, Natural History), London, UK; MUSM: Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; MZUJ: Muzeum Zoologiczne Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, Poland; PbF: Collection of Pierre boyer, Le Puy Sainte Réparade, France; TWP: Collection of Tomasz Wilhelm Pyrcz, Warsaw, Poland (to be integrated into MZUJ); FW: forewing; HW: hindwing; V: ventral surface; D: dorsal surface. SySTeMATIC OVeRVIeW Lymanopoda hockingiana PYRCZ, n. sp. (Figs. 1, 2, 9) [Lymanopoda hockingi; CASNER & PYRCZ 2010: 5; PYRCZ 2010: 174, 176 nomen nudum] NeW taxa OF PRONOPHILINe bUTTeRFLIeS OF THe GeNUS LYMANOPODA 513 MATERIAL EXAMINED HOLOTyPe (male): PeRU, Huánuco, Carpish, 2700-2800 m, 23.IX.1996, J. Grados leg. [MUSM]; PARATyPeS (46 males and 4 females): 1 male: Huánuco, Carpish, 08.VI.1995, G. Lamas leg.; 1 male: Huánuco, Carpish, 23.IX.1996, F. Chang leg.; 1 male: Huánuco, Carpish, 21.X.1964, P. Hocking leg.; 1 male: Huánuco, Carpish, 27.XI.1965; 1 male: Huánuco, Carpish, 16.VI.1966 [MUSM]; 1 male: Junín, Chan- chamayo, Qda. Malambo, 2600-2650 m, 01.II.2003, T. Pyrcz leg.; 3 males: same data but 05.X.2002; 1 male: same data but 26.I.2003; 2 males: Junín, Sigsha – Ocopata, Ilich, 3000-3050 m, 05.X.2002, T. Pyrcz leg.; 1 male: same data but 18.VIII.2002; 1 male: Pasco, Huancabamba, Ichco, au dessus de Milpo, 3100-3300 m, 03.XI.2004, P. boyer leg.; 1 male: Pasco, Oxapampa, Cueva blanca, 2300-2600 m, 06.XII.2003, P. boyer leg.; 12 males: Junín, Huancabamba, Milpo – Iccho, 2800-2850 m, J. bottger leg.; 1 male: same data but IV.2006; 2 males: same data but IV.2006; 1 male: Huánuco, Umuari – Panao, Qda. Ramospampa, 2850-3000 m, 30.VIII.2002, T. Pyrcz leg.; 1 male: Huánuco, Carpish, P. Hocking leg., prep. genit. 1010/87 T. Pyrcz [TWP]; 4 males: Huánuco, Paso Carpish, 2800-3000 m, 26.X.2004, P. boyer leg.; 2 males: same data but 19.II.2003, P. boyer leg.; 1 male: Huánuco, route Pachachupan vers Huanacaure km 38, est de Acomayo 2600 m, S09°45’41’’, W075°54’84’’, 23.X.2006, P. boyer leg.; 1 male: Huánuco, Huánuco vers La Union km 27, 2600 m, 27.X.2004, P. boyer leg.; 1 female: Pasco, Ichco, au dessus de Milpo, Huancabamba, 3100-3300 m, 03.XI.2004, P. boyer leg.; 1 female: Pasco, Shuyhua, Ichco, au dessus de Milpo, S10°22’96’’, W075°38’02’’, 3100-3300m, 27.V.2005, P.boyer leg.; 3 males : Pasco, Milpo, au dessus de Cueva blanca, Huancabamba, 2700-2800 m, 08.XII.2003, P. boyer leg.; 1 male: Pasco, Cueva blanca, Huancabamba, 2300-2600 m, 08.XII.2003, P. boyer leg.; 2 males: Pasco, Ichco, au dessus de Milpo, Huancabamba, 3100-3300 m, 03.XI.2004, P. boyer leg.; 1 female: Huánuco, 2 km de Huanacaure, Pachachupan-Huanacaure km 42, 3000 m, 22.X.2009, P. boyer leg. [PBF]. DIAGNOSIS This species differs from its nearest relative, L. araneola PYRCZ (Figs. 3, 4), in the presence of a FWV brick red patch covering the outer half of the wing from vein M3 to anal margin, in the HWV densely speckled with dark scales on a rusty red ground colour, usually lighter and less patterned in L. araneola. Also, in L. araneola the HWV ground colour is highly variable between sandy yellow and reddish brown. DESCRIPTION Male (Figs. 1, 2): Head: eyes dark-brown, covered with short, sparse setae; labial palpi twice the length of head, grey, covered with short and rather sparse hair, ventrally light grey, laterally and dorsally brown; antennae 2/5 the length of costa, brown, covered with white scales at base of each segment, club flattened and concave, dark-brown, slightly curved at the tip. Thorax: dorsally blackish-brown, densely hairy, ventrally light brown, legs grey, tarsus brown. Abdomen: dorsally and laterally blackish-brown, ventrally pale yellow. Wings: FW (length: 19-22 mm; mean: 21.5 mm; n= 26) triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rather acute, outer margin convex below apex; HW oval, 514 tomasz W. PyRCZ, PIeRRe bOyeR 1-7. Adults (left: dorsal surface; right : ventral surface); 1, 2. Lymanopoda hockingiana: 1 – paratype male, 2 – paratype female, Cueva blanca; 3, 4. Lymanopoda araenola: 3 – paratype male form 1, Molinopampa, 4 – paratype male form 2, Molinopampa; 5. Lymanopoda mariposa paratype male; 6. Lymanopoda shefteli shefteli male, Qda. San Luis; 7. Lymanopoda rana marrana paratype male; 8. Lymanopoda rana rana male, Abra Pardo Miguel NeW taxa OF PRONOPHILINe bUTTeRFLIeS OF THe GeNUS LYMANOPODA 515 outer margin concave between veins M2 and M3. FWD and HWD uniform chocolate- brown; FWV brown with a brick-red overcast in the basal area and postbasal within discal cell and also around black postmedian ocelli with white pupils in cells M3-Cu1 and Cu1-Cu2; three white subapical dots on a rusty ground colour; HWV rusty-red with lighter rusty-yellow patches in the basal area, from discal cell to 2/3 of costa and along 2/3 outer margin on tornus and outer margin; a darker wavy submarginal band apparent between veins M2 and Cu2; all surface of wing sprinkled liberally with a darker ripple-like pattern; black spots forming an arched line curved basally in cells M1-M2, M2-M3, M3-Cu1, Cu1-Cu2 and Cu2-1A, the spot in cell M3-Cu1 being the most basal. Male genitalia (Fig. 9): both the dorsal and the apical process on the valva 9-11. Male genitalia (in lateral view, aedeagus extracted): 9 – Lymanopoda hockingiana paratype, 10 – Ly- manopoda mariposa paratype, 11 – Lymanopoda rana marrana paratype 516 tomasz W. PyRCZ, PIeRRe bOyeR short but wide and covered with a series of sharp, short teeth; sacccus long and thin; aedeagus straight, without noticeable spines. Female (Fig. 2): Sexual dimorphism is slight. The female differs from the male only in the slightly duller colours on both the upper and underside, and the more uniform HWV colour pattern. ETYMOLOGY This species is named after Pedro Hocking, an American missionary and lepido- pterist who contributed significantly to the knowledge of Peruvian butterflies. REMARKS L. hockingiana occurs in the Peruvian departments of Huánuco, Pasco and Junín in the upper valleys of Huallaga and Chanchamayo. It is closely related to L. araneola which is its sister-species in the departments of Amazonas and San Martin, and to L. mariposa n.